The Wild and Wise
A series of conversations dedicated to the process of creating wellness, within ourselves and in our communities, in this time of deep transformation. We explore processes, practices, and ideas that resource our personal healing and illuminate the interplay between personal and collective liberation. Ashley and Mallika dive deep into these topics, together and with powerful healers, thinkers and change-makers, giving you a variety of ways to deepen your own connection to yourself and those around you. Ashley is Somatic Movement Therapist and ceremonialist dedicated to tending children, body, land, and spirit. Mallika is a licensed marriage and family therapist committed to creating containers that weave together spiritual and relational healing. In this show, you will learn pathways to healing so that you can awaken the wild and wise parts of yourself and grow your capacity to live a connected, sovereign, and creative life, in right relationship with all beings. Hit subscribe and get ready to come alive in ways you’ve always wanted.
The Wild and Wise
Midwife for the Psyche with Maude Davis
ep. #11
My intro to this episode dives in a bit more than usual, into my thoughts on the work I am doing with this podcast and with my family, particularly regarding the learning process of how to practice anti-racism with every step I take. Here is the episode with Kaya Mindlin that I mention in the intro. Clarifying Non-attachment and Spiritual Bypass with Kaya Mindlin
This episode with Maude Davis (episode 11) doesn't directly bring in race, trauma and how therapy can support activism and anti-racism, it could be deeply effective and healing for that work. Much of what we talk about is the landscape of inner material that is longing to be healed. The grief and trauma we hold in our bodies is crying out to be felt and moved through.
I have personally found drama and expressive arts therapy to be the MOST impactful approach to healing life-long - no, generational patterns.
Maude Davis is working with therapy clients at the Living Arts Counseling Center in Oakland, Ca. She uses her training in Expressive Arts Therapy and Jungian Analysis as a "Therapy Director" in the workshops she does with Armond Volkis, called Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance. Maude has training and background in theater in New York City, where she worked for years as an actor, director and teacher. She is a PH.D candidate and has studied at the CG Jung Institute in Zurich.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Theoretical background of Maude's work
- Getting into the therapeutic work
- Being in relationship to our inner material
- Therapist revery
- The moment of change
- Activation of something very old within us
- Midwives for the psyche
- Entering the play space
- Processing through play (children and adults)
- The profound letting go
- The universal trickster
- Revolution coming, a play revolution
- At home drama therapy exercises you can do today
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What is Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance?
Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance is an innovative short-term therapy approach that supports participants in identifying and transforming self-defeating “life scripts” through drama therapy processes. ATP incorporates acting, improvisation, drama therapy, psychodrama and Playback Theatre techniques. Find out more at the website: Living Arts Counseling Center
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